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Here, H.
1980
23 May Rionero Regional Park, Cortia Costa Co., California
Visited area near east (Alhambra Road) entrance
to park. When we arrived at 08:15 it was
sunny, windy, and cold. Lots of pollen and
hay fever! I took a group (this is a
Zoology 107 trip) up by the four lagoons, then
along a ridge that parallels the winding
road from the parking lot to the first
lagoons. As a result, we had to cross
the very steep canyon separating the
two ridges. The S. facing slope was
dense chaparral with some areas of
thick oak woodland; the N. facing
slope was grassy w/ scattered patches
of chaparral and very steep. We
found Sceloporus occidentalis everywhere;
transforming Hyla regilla at the first
lagoon plus a huge calling male at
the last one. Also at the last lagoon
were 4 Clemmys marmorata basking on
a tree trunk emerging near the shore.
On the S. facing slope we got 3
Genhorotus multicarinatus: one juvenile
under a board, w/ an intact original
tail; one large adult ♂ (126 mm SV)
lodging in a poison oak tangle on bare
dirt, with a large fresh gash on its